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Moscow is the Capital of Russia





Global Issues Chernobyl: located in Ukraine about 20 km south of the border of Belarus and 130 km from Kiev. Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was to be shutdown for routine maintenance on 25 April 1986. A sudden and uncontrollable power surge resulted in explosions and total destruction of the reactor. Material fires broke out in the building and contributed to a widespread and prolonged release of radioactive materials to the environment. An estimated amount of about 5% of radioactive material from the reactor was released into the environment as a gas and solid nuclear matter.

Short term affects- Deadly radiation poisoning in surrounding area and nuclear fallout

Long term affects- Land was uninhabitable, birth defects

Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake in the world. Max depth of 5,315ft, and average width of 30 miles. LakeBaikal holds 20% of the world’s freshwater.

The Caucasus mountain arether border of Asia and Russia. The run from the capian sea to the black sea. The highest peak is mount Elbrus of 18,510ft.

The tundra has short summers and long winters. During the winter temperatures are usually below freezing. Summers are marshy from puddles called thermokarts formed from melted snow. 

These mounds of dirt rising out of the earth are called pingoes. Pingoes are formed from pools of water freezing under the ground and pushing the ground up into a hill. Pingoes are 3 to 300 ft. tall and up to a half mile wide.

Permafrost is layer of dirt under the top 8-14 inches that is always frozen.

To the eastward and western sides of the ural mountains the pines are common, but firs dominate, and in some areas pure stands of birch exist.

Birch wood are common throughout Russia. During the hard frost the birch look as if they are frozen. 

Russia has started to develop high speed trains as a major form of transportation. This would allow faster travel over a longer stretch of land Russia's natural resources consist of a lot of drilling and mining. Most common resources consist of oil, gas, iron ore and gold. Russian ruble is Russia's currency. The economy has slowly been getting better since the Communist era.

Napolean invaded Russia and Moscow in 1812 with 600,000 men. When Napolean got to Moscow, he found it completely desserted. As winter came, Napolean's men started to get weak and die from a lack of supplies, clothing, footwear and from the bitter cold. The Russians then with precise attacks pushed the British back and got them to retreat. By the end of the year, the British retreated all the way back to Great Britain, was defeated and only had around 116,000 people left.

Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death on February 8, 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother.

In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. In March, growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into open revolt, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar. Just months later, the newly installed provisional government was itself overthrown by the more radical Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924).

Vladimir Lenin addressing a crowd during an assembly as he leads the Russian Revolution

Riots broke out and many people died during the Russian Revolution

Russians love to accept guests and make great hosts. When in Russia, you don't need to wait for a special occasion like a birthday or a holiday to visit a friend or a neighbor. Russians like visiting each other, meeting in friendly companies for dinner, or just stopping by to catch up on what's going on.

Most Russian families prepare their boys to become future men since the early childhood. Parents encourage their sons to play with toy guns and rejoice when boys can stand up for themselves.

The population of Russia is estimated about 141,930,000.

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